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John 7:50-53
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John 7:50-53
New International Version
50 Nicodemus,(A) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(B)
[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]
53 Then they all went home,
John 7:50-53
New King James Version
John 7:50-53
New King James Version
50 Nicodemus (A)(he who came to [a]Jesus [b]by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 (B)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
52 They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for (C)no prophet [c]has arisen out of Galilee.”
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53 [d]And everyone went to his own house.
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John 7:50-53
English Standard Version
John 7:50-53
English Standard Version
50 (A)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 (B)“Does our law judge a man without first (C)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, (D)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that (E)no prophet arises from Galilee.”
[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.][a]
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[[53 They went each to his own house,
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- John 7:53 Some manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11; others add the passage here or after 7:36 or after 21:25 or after Luke 21:38, with variations in the text
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